Airport Security Systems
Airport Security Systems
Security is the degree of protection against danger, damage, loss, and crime ( TSA.gov 2012). The system that I will be discussing in my paper is the Airport Security system. This system has become very important to the airline industry because it ensures customer safety. Without the creation of TSA and the integration of information technology to monitor airports more efficiently we may have had several other attempts of terror attacks. September 11, 2001 was a very tragic day for the United States of America. On this day 19 terrorists boarded 4 passenger jets with the intent to hijack the planes and to crash 2 of them into the twin towers 1, into the Pentagon and one into the United States Capitol building but this plane never made it to its destination. Because air travel is apart of our daily lives a system had to be put into place to ensure the safety of flyers. To ensure that level of safety was met the TSA (Transportation Security Administration) was created. With the creation of TSA came the need to quickly establish Security checkpoints in all airports for baggage and for people to be scanned in a time manor so they could still make their flights.
In 1974 airports began to use metal detectors to screen passengers boarding airplanes and x-ray machines to check the baggage.” On November 19, 2001 the Aviation and Transportation Security Act (ATSA) is signed into law. This gives the federal government direct responsibility for airport screening (TSA.gov 2012)”. When you take into consideration the amount of commercial traffic that goes through an airport everyday it is easy to understand why TSA chose to incorporate Information Systems into the daily routine of security checks. Some manual security checkpoints still exist but for the most part security systems have been upgraded and networked so that the all activity can be monitored from the security station and monitored by security supervisors at a different location. There are
Security is the degree of protection against danger, damage, loss, and crime ( TSA.gov 2012). The system that I will be discussing in my paper is the Airport Security system. This system has become very important to the airline industry because it ensures customer safety. Without the creation of TSA and the integration of information technology to monitor airports more efficiently we may have had several other attempts of terror attacks. September 11, 2001 was a very tragic day for the United States of America. On this day 19 terrorists boarded 4 passenger jets with the intent to hijack the planes and to crash 2 of them into the twin towers 1, into the Pentagon and one into the United States Capitol building but this plane never made it to its destination. Because air travel is apart of our daily lives a system had to be put into place to ensure the safety of flyers. To ensure that level of safety was met the TSA (Transportation Security Administration) was created. With the creation of TSA came the need to quickly establish Security checkpoints in all airports for baggage and for people to be scanned in a time manor so they could still make their flights.
In 1974 airports began to use metal detectors to screen passengers boarding airplanes and x-ray machines to check the baggage.” On November 19, 2001 the Aviation and Transportation Security Act (ATSA) is signed into law. This gives the federal government direct responsibility for airport screening (TSA.gov 2012)”. When you take into consideration the amount of commercial traffic that goes through an airport everyday it is easy to understand why TSA chose to incorporate Information Systems into the daily routine of security checks. Some manual security checkpoints still exist but for the most part security systems have been upgraded and networked so that the all activity can be monitored from the security station and monitored by security supervisors at a different location. There are
References: http://www.tsa.gov/assets/pdf/TSA_evolution_timeline.pdf http://www.tsa.gov/what_we_do/screening/security_checkpoints.shtm http://www.dhs.gov/